Indian weddings thrive on the idea of a mandap- a special space allocated for the bride, groom, the priest conducting the ceremony and the immediate family members during the wedding. This is indeed a special place as this is the center of focus considering the most important people will be seated on this stage for everyone to witness the holy matrimony. Decorating a mandap can be tricky, considering its importance in the ceremony. It includes most of the important things required in the wedding that cannot be minused. Thus, incorporating beauty and utility is the biggest factor involved while decorating the mandap.
Often wedding mandap decoration is taken care of by wedding decorators or professionals who know the tricks to make it nice and pretty. By explaining to them about what should be kept on the mandap and where, they can go ahead and draft a plan as to how to decorate it.
With the mandap being this important in an indian wedding, it is respected if it is treated with utmost care by decorating it. It is the place that generally consists of the homa kuntam and the idol of the presiding deity with the chairs for the bride and the groom.
You plan to get married only once, so do it right. Decorating it the right way is not a difficult task if you keep these points in mind.
- The most important thing is your traditions that need to be followed for the mandap to be setup.
- After setting it up based on the traditions, decide upon the theme. If you want to go for a full traditional look, keep the decoration minimalistic. The prettiest mandaps are the ones with décor at its minimalistic best.
- Choose your flowers. Choose the way in which your flowers should be draped around the mandap and the way in which it should flow. Also, you could strew the flowers around the mandap, the pathway to the mandap.
- Choose the right materials you can use to drape around the mandap. This could be satin, as satin gives it a rich look.
- Choose the right backdrop. Backdrops are important elements that make or break the look of the entire setup for your mandap. A backdrop that goes with the look of the mandap is preferred.
- Check if the top of the mandap is also decorated thoroughly as this gives it a complete and finished look.
- Some backdrops are based on lights or lamps that give it a very ethnic look. You could follow the same to decorate your mandap too.
With these basic points in mind, you could never go wrong while decorating your mandap for your dream day. 🙂